Derek Ricke Email & Phone Number

Denver, Colorado

Irvine, California

• Led department strategic planning team of 5 Quality Management executives to set department annual priorities, goals, objectives, and performance metrics to drive action across department.
• Developed custom financial and statistical models for 46 Lean Six Sigma projects to realize $60+ Million in hard benefits (increased revenue and eliminated costs).
• Led project that formalized department Lean Six Sigma project tracking from an MS Excel based solution into an MS SharePoint / InfoPath based solution, reducing reporting workload by 60%.
• Developed performance metrics and tracking mechanisms to create actionable business intelligence through information analytics and enable decisive action for key stakeholders to drive performance.
• Implemented department employee recognition policy and oversaw execution of over 1,400 awards with a combined value of $130k+ to reinforce behaviors consistent with UHG cultural values.
• Managed budget execution tracking actuals to forecast to attain a 5% favorable variance each year.

Various

• Directed a 156 personnel collection and analysis company in support of U.S. and NATO strategic interests across Europe, Africa, Middle-East and Central Asia to provide situational awareness.
• Advised, trained, and mentored international partners in the conduct of intelligence collection and analysis, operational and project planning, evidence collection and storage, and detainee handling.
• Managed collection strategy and directed information sharing projects with international partners which resulted in increased collection of 150% through upgrades and cross-asset coordination.
• Developed and implemented training strategy for an information and security organization that involved 1500 personnel which was recognized for excellence in 5 of 6 key performance areas, and the strategy for.
• Managed the planning and execution of organizational training events with budgets of up to $2 million
• Directed a Collection, Management & Assessment Team in processing data obtained through custom built excel reports and proprietary web portals to design, process, and exploit metrics to advise upper management on.

Doctor Of Philosophy - Phd Student, Business

Master Of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies, 3.5

Activities and Societies: Anderson Veterans Association, Entrepreneurship Bootcamp for Veterans Fellow, 2016 & 2017 Management Development.

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Geospatial Information Systems, Computer Science, 3.4

Activities and Societies: Gamma Theta Upsilon Geographic Honor Society, Catholic Choir, Sandhurst Competition, Intramural Boxing.

Associate'S Degree, Mandarin Chinese

Activities and Societies: Class leader for a class of 24 students; planned and led a class immersion trip;I led a class of 24 students.